Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-26
EYES ANALYzED.

EYES ANALYZEo.
The Qualities Of Temperament which
Should Go with the Brown, Black and
Blue.
Speaking popularity, we may say that
eyes are brown. blue, gray, hazel.
black. green or of no color ut all. The
last three varieties. however, are based
on misnomer. Speaking generally
again, we may say that blue eyes take
care of their friends, brown of their
enemies. gray Of their countries. black
of their pleasures and green of them
selves. The blue is certainly the typo
with the greatest number of varieties.
1t is color that illustrates pre-
eminently the feminine quslities-ten-
derness. affection, a yielding to the
wishes OF others, sympathy with
small sufferings, that measure of van
ity without which no woman can De
entirely attractive, and that self-sur-
render which goes far to persuade y
man that he is demigod because his
wife believes it and tells him SO. The
color seems to be getting more rare in
these days. This is the blue that goes
with golden hair. Blue eyes must be
mated with their appropriate COM
plexiOn. That color. so fascinating in
a blonde, is no less delightful in a
brunette; but-sav the scientists-its
meaning is now altered. There comes
in now, coupled with the affectionate
qualities. certain tendency to de-
ceive, stimulated by an ambition for
conquet and leading to the gratifica-
ton of admiration. There remain the
light blue and the violet. The first is
the eye of the Northern races-of the
Swedes and the Danes, of the Scotch
sometimes also. 1t suggests cOnstancy
and truth. steadfastness, simplicity,
courage, purpose. 1t Is mans eye.
with its moderation and self-respect-
honest in the glance it gives you. if
at the same time rather cold and phleg-
matte. And then there is the violet
eye, which is woman's eye, and of
which the main characteristics are af-
lection and purity, chivalric belief and
limited or deficient intellectually.
And now come the brown eyes. They
are the eyes of the South and the East
of the sunny races; of the most pas
sionate and the least original. and to
them belong the lustrous black hair
and the olive complexion of skin. With
them we get jealousy and cruelty, some
what of the feline nature in women:
and in men, courage coupled with
superstition, Il wild recklessness of life,
and disregard for the sufferings of
others. But the type has altered through
infinite notifications; aud there are
brown eyes in plenty who have moth
ing in common with the passionate
qualities of the South. This may gen-
orally be predicted: That when the
brown is light the disposition is affec-
Tomato but wayward, and Us that brown
darkens you pass from affection to
passion.
Last comes the hazel eyes, which
are more frequent in novels than in
life. No two people seem quite agreed
as to the definition of the color, and
the reference to a hazel nut. which
starts by being green. and passes
through yellow to brown, confusingly
illustrates every theory. A blue-gray
radiated from within with brown and
bronze streaks seems to come nearest
the general view. Adopting this as the
color. it will be seen that they are
chiefly found among the mixed races,
and especially the English and the
Americans. They always suggest a good
deal of strength of character. general
ly a sense of mischief and thickness
Puck probably had hazel eyes-and
sometimes that humorous cruelty
which belongs to the Anglo-Saxon
race. Hazel-eyed people are rarely
shallow, and you must be prepared
for surprises when You have to deal
with them.-St. James Gazette.